Adi Smolar is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and composer.
In his youth he played accordion and clarinet, while also singing in several choirs. At the age of eighteen, he decided to start playing the guitar, the instrument for which he is most known today.
He made his first appearance in 1981 with a full repertoire of his own songs. He continued to perform for eight years before releasing his first tape Naš svet se pa vrti in 1989. He lives in Slovenj Gradec.